This pair of natural-color (photo-like) images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite contrasts 2009 conditions in southern Buenos Aires province with the conditions in 2008, a more normal year.
Published Feb 24, 2009
Native to America, corn is now a staple in diets around the world. This map shows the global distribution of corn in 2000.
Published Nov 25, 2010
This vegetation image shows extensive damage to crops in Sinaloa, Mexico, following a cold snap in February 2011.
Published Mar 23, 2011
Ten million people could face hunger in Kenya after a poor harvest, Kenya’s government warned on January 9, 2009. According to the Associated Press, the government declared a state of emergency to free up funds for food aid.
Published Jan 17, 2009
These vegetation maps show the impact of yellow rust, a fungus infection, on plants in Syria, Turkey, and Iraq in the spring of 2010.
Published Jul 3, 2010
ne of the worst droughts in the past decade settled heavily over the Fertile Crescent region of Iraq and Syria in the winter of 2007-2008.
Published May 30, 2008
One of the worst droughts in the past decade settled heavily over the Fertile Crescent region of Iraq and Syria in the winter of 2007-2008. Under normal conditions, winter rain and rivers flowing from the mountains of Turkey sustain the rich agricultural land that has fed humanity from the dawn of civilization. But little to no rain fell between October and December during the crucial planting period, and sparse rain fell in the months that followed, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
Published Jun 1, 2008
Hot, dry weather from January through March 2007 wilted crops in southern Africa. The impact of the drought on vegetation throughout southern Africa is illustrated in this image.
Published Apr 14, 2007
